Patriotic+practice

"This Land is Your Land" (see p. 168, Miller 2000).
//words and music by Woody Guthrie// ©1956 (renewed 1984), 1958 (renewed 1986) and 1970 TRO-Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI) other versions Would you write an upbeat verse or a cynical one? What would you write?

Exercise on listening p. 169

grammar: for you and **me** spelling: desert, dessert Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert sites Four American deserts?

sung by Pete Seeger and BS at 2009 Obama inauguration, see 3:30 for Mr. Obama rocking! [|woody guthrie], [|Bruce Springsteen] (1985), [|Arlo Guthrie] , [|Johnny Cash]at 1:43 (1969) in female voice: Mary Travers, Joan Baez Pete Seeger's 90th Birthday Celebration [|from Madison Square Garden]


 * Listen, Underline the words you don't know, Fill in.**

PronunciationL Compound nouns to watch for "Endless skyway" no break in between words: [EndLIskajwe] Mubaraq playing the guitar instead of going on holiday out of the country? mojave and sonoran desert**s** roam, ramble,stroll wander <> wonder (in the head)

Just the tune [] [|John Denver]in Washington, DC (1971), [|Serena Ryder](2009)
 * Last Night I Had The Strangest Dream** **words and music by Ed McCurdy** TRO-©1950,1951 & 1955 Almanac Music, Inc.

[] > "I pledge allegiance to the flag > > of the United States of America, > > and to the republic for which it stands, > > one nation under God, > > indivisible, > > with liberty and justice for all."

By William Safire ; Published: April 14, 1996
The most saluted man in America is Richard Stans. Legions of schoolchildren place their hands over their hearts to pledge allegiance to the flag, "and to the republic for Richard Stans." With all due patriotic fervor, the same kids salute "one nation, under guard." Some begin with "I pledge a legion to the flag," others with "I led the pigeons to the flag."

Star spangled banner

Targeting Pronunciation: The Intonation, Sounds, and Rhythm of American English by Sue F. Miller (2000) Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Company ISBN: 0-395-90331-9 (paper) Pp. 270 Price: $18.87 Teacher's Manual ISBN 0-395-90332-7 (paper) Pp. 86 Price: $8.97 Cassettes (4) ISBN 0-395-90333-5 Price: $49.77 Reviewed by Helen Huntley, West Virginia University (April 2001) search on title, search on ISBN

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